MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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